Pyrrhulina eleanorae is a species of fish in the Pyrrhulina genus found in the upper Amazon basin. They grow no more than a few centimeters.[1]
| Pyrrhulina eleanorae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhulina |
| Species: | P. eleanorae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhulina eleanorae Fowler, 1940
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Fish named in honor of Eleanor Morrow, the wife of William P. Morrow, who was the leader of the Peruvian expedition that collected the type specimen.[2]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pyrrhulina eleanorae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families CURIMATIDAE, PROCHILODONTIDAE, LEBIASINIDAE, CTENOLUCIIDAE and ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
External links edit
Data related to Pyrrhulina eleanorae at Wikispecies
